A former Iowa hospital administrator who lived under a false identity for more than 30 years and caused the false imprisonment of his victim has pleaded guilty to a multi-decade-long identity theft scheme.
Matthew David Keirans, 58, from Hartland, Wisconsin, was convicted of one count of false statement to a national credit union administration insured institution and one count of aggravated identity theft.
Evidence presented at hearings in the case established that Keirans and his identity theft victim worked together at a hotdog cart in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the late 1980s. Keirans assumed the victim’s identity and, for the next three decades, used that identity in every aspect of his life.
Keirans obtained several false documents in the victim’s name, including a Kentucky birth certificate. He also obtained employment as a high-level administrator in an Iowa City hospital in 2013, providing the hospital with false identification documents during the hiring process.
Between August 2016 and May 2022, Keirans repeatedly obtained vehicle and personal loans from two credit unions in the Northern District of Iowa using the victim’s name, social security number, and date of birth. He obtained eight loans with a total value of over $200,000 from the credit unions.
Keirans also maintained deposits at a national bank. In 2019, the victim, who was homeless at the time, entered the branch of the national bank in Los Angeles, California, and told a branch manager that he had recently discovered that someone was using his credit and had accumulated large amounts of debt.
After pleading guilty, Keirans’ victim spent 428 days in county jail and 147 days in the mental hospital as a result of Keirans’ false reports to the LAPD and LADA. The state court also ordered Keirans’ victim to ‘use only their true name, Matthew David Keirans’ in the future.
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Key Facts
- State: Iowa
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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